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Google Australia chief wants broadband benefits to flow

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Technology

Google Australia chief wants broadband benefits to flow

Maile Carnegie left a 21-year career at Procter & Gamble to run Google Australia. She talks to Lia Timson in her first interview since taking up the post.

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Dying for sex: it's a male thing

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NICKY PHILLIPS 7:37am | In what may be the ultimate sacrifice for lust, Australian scientists have discovered why the males of some species of marsupial are dying for sex.

The road's closed for these drugs

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Don't give in to the hijackers

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Cell researchers win Nobel prize

Goran Hansson, a member of the Nobel committee for medicine or physiology, speaks during the announcement of the winners of the 2013 Nobel prize for medicine.
10:19pm | James Rothman, Randy Schekman and Thomas Suedhof won the Nobel Medicine Prize for their groundbreaking work on how the cell organises its transport system.

Fox replaces desks with giant tablets

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10:02am | Fox News has unveiled what it believes to be the future of the newsroom - giant 55-inch tablets.

LG plans curved smartphone screen

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11:24am | LG plans to launch a smartphone with a curved screen next month to catch rival Samsung.

Teens arrested over Facebook photo

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Verizon to scout Australian cloud

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Nate Cochrane 11:38am | US telco Verizon is considering data centres in Sydney and Canberra to take on Amazon in the burgeoning Australian cloud market.

Russia may spy on Olympic athletes

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds the Olympic flame in Moscow.
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IT spending to hit $4 trillion in 2014

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11:02am | Global spending on IT is expected to reach $4 trillion in 2014, driven by growth in connected devices ranging from jewellery to refrigerators.

Shift thinking on NBN: Google boss

Google Australia managing director Maile Carnegie wants the company to be more involved in Australia's digital economy future.
LIA TIMSON 10:10am | Google's new Australian boss has expressed frustration that the broader economic benefits of the NBN are not being recognised.
 

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